How to cite a podcast

Bluebook (22d ed.) citation format · B18 / R18.8.2 · Internet & electronic

Example

Strict Scrutiny: The Legality of Presidents Doing Whatever They Want (Spotify, Jan. 15, 2024).

What the citation needs

Required

Podcast title — The series the source belongs to.
Access medium or service — The medium the work appears in.
Date — The date the rule for this source calls for, with the month abbreviated per T12 (“Nov. 24, 1978”).

When they apply

Episode title — The episode title, as it appears on the source.
Time stamp — The point in a recording or post you are citing.

In a brief and in a law review

The Bluebook sets citations two ways: the Bluepages for court documents and legal memoranda, the Whitepages for law review footnotes. Here is the first example above as each one prints it, in its typeface.

Court documents (Bluepages)

Strict Scrutiny: The Legality of Presidents Doing Whatever They Want (Spotify, Jan. 15, 2024).

Law review footnotes (Whitepages)

Strict Scrutiny: The Legality of Presidents Doing Whatever They Want (Spotify, Jan. 15, 2024).

The words are the same in both; only the typeface changes.

Common mistakes

Each of these is a citation the checker refuses, with what it says is wrong and the corrected form.

Wrong

Strict Scrutiny: The Legality of Presidents Doing Whatever They Want (Spotify, January 15, 2024).

Why

Abbreviate the month: “January” should be “Jan.” (T12).

Right

Strict Scrutiny: The Legality of Presidents Doing Whatever They Want (Spotify, Jan. 15, 2024).

Governing rules

B18 / R18.8.2

18 — the internet, electronic media & other nonprint resources.
18.8.2 — episodic audio and podcasts.

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